Chapter 8

Present day

"Hi Grace" Zoe said answering her phone "Jessie just left a few minutes ago to go and freshen up and change. Are you back at the arena?"

"Yes, I got here a few minutes ago. Things have settled down so I think I might go and meet Jessie at the hotel and clean up myself. How is Katie doing?"

"She has stabilized and they have her under observation right now. They won't let you have a phone up there so I had to go back to the lounge" Zoe said as ordered another soft drink.

"I saw the display that Katie had setup. I don't know if you had time to get a good look at it but someone has put a lot of work into that thing. Even I remember some of those what ifs they used to talk about. It's like so many things at once but everything is independent." Grace said excitedly

"O My God! Is that thing not amazing? I'm wondering what this is all about though, I mean this thing

is kind of out of the blue don't you think? Nobody else seems to know any thing about it from what

little I've heard so far. Oh by the way did you know anything about Mom and Rick coming out

here?" Zoe asked

"Well now that I think of it Mom did say something about coming down here, but you know how that goes, It's always a if they have time thing. It would be great if they could make it, it seems like forever that they have been to one of these shows." Grace said as she made her way across the arena she was in.

"I know it would be nice to see them now because when this wraps up I am heading out for some circuit riding before school starts again. If I stick it out for one more year I will graduate if you can believe that." Zoe said with a chuckle

"Okay, I'm going to check in with Eli and the go over to the hotel. Call me if there is any change, all right?"

"I will do that Grace, I am heading back up now."

Meanwhile back in Katie's Coma

Now wouldn't you know that I would get a stupid song stuck in my head right about now? All right it's not a stupid song. It's actually a catchy little tune that you might have heard a time or two, since it was a number one hit at one time.

I know what you are thinking now, that could be any one of a thousand songs but this one has me in mind personally. Can you imagine a hot rock and roll guy singing just for little old me? It might not have started out that way originally but hey, I'm gonna be a legend in my own mind here for a while.

I think I will lean back and close my eyes and think about this one for a while. While I'm humming this incredible song I think I will picture myself riding in the car with the top down and my long hair flowing back and my large sunglasses on. That's hot if I do say so myself. I'll give you a hint who the rock star is: he was once a cartoon hero.

Now if I start singing it will give away the song and there will no point to all of this. So I'll give you another hint: he dated the devil. Whoa; your thinking that could be anybody in the music business and you would be right. She wasn't really the devil but she had people thinking that she was after a certain Oscar winning movie she played the part in. That was a real head turner. Ha-ha.

Of course after being around the great and wonderful me it is obvious why he is looking for a girl like me. But I don't think we have ever met. So I'm tapping out the beat on my steering wheel and I'm speeding up because my head is starting to shake and I am sooo alooone on this road that I can do what I want. Did I mention that he is an actor?

Ahh but not just any actor. He played a doctor. A rock and roll doctor on a soap opera. Here comes that awesome guitar rift. Excuse me while I play some serious AIR GUITAR!

I know; driving and playing air guitar is not good mix but what the heck I'm already in a coma so who cares? Don't try this at home. Figured it out yet? I'll give you a hint: he just released a new album and one of the songs is called What's Victoria's Secret? Well that's what I want to know too.

I've got my head banging, hair blowing, air guitar playing self hauling some serious ass down the road and this guy is shouting out how he wants Jessie's girl.

Thanks Rick, I am truly flattered. But I AM JESSIE'S GIRL and I plan to stay that way. So wherever I am in this head of mine I know that's a fact. That's a fact, that's a fact o boy I feel ever so much better now!

I feel like someone is trying to get me to wake up but it's not her. I think I'll just relax and wait until she gets here because I don't think she is far away.

ICU

Zoe came back to the room and she found Katie in a disturbed state. She called a nurse in and they checked to make sure nothing had come undone and then she calmed down and went back to a more restive state of being.

Zoe brushed the hair back from around Katie's face and then pulled a chair over and sat holding her hand. Of all her friends and sisters and relatives and anybody she had ever met Katie was probably the only one who understood how wound up she could get and knew how to help her calm down.

A tear rolled down her cheek as she thought of the many times in the past Katie had helped her through a hard time.

"You're lying here in a coma all broken up and yet you have a smile on your face and you are calming me down. How can you do that?" she thought with wonder.

The nurse came back in and took her vitals again and plumped her pillow while Zoe held her up.

"She's lucky you know" the nurse said as she started for the door.

"What do you mean?" Zoe asked

"I mean that she is lucky to have you here. I'm not sure who she is but the phone hasn't stopped ringing with calls for and about her"

"Well do me a favor and don't tell her that when she wakes up or that swollen head of hers will explode." Zoe said laughing. "I know I shouldn't ask, but you work here and see stuff like this pretty regularly, how do you think she is doing?"

"Like I said, she is lucky. Her injuries could have been worse and it was fortunate that you were able to respond so quickly to her needs. I have seen lots worse but she is young and healthy so I think she will be up and around soon." She said and then left the room.

That sounds good to me Zoe thought to herself as she went back to sitting there by Katie's bedside holding her hand again.

tbc

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